How To Install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. libgs-devel is Development files for Ghostscript’s library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libgs-devel

This package contains development files that are useful for building packages against Ghostscript’s library, which provides Ghostscript’s core functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgs-devel.

Install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libgs-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgs-devel

Install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libgs-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgs-devel

How To Uninstall libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libgs-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgs-devel

libgs-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/ghostscript
/usr/include/ghostscript/gdevdsp.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/gserrors.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/iapi.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/ierrors.h
/usr/lib/libgs.so
/usr/include/ghostscript
/usr/include/ghostscript/gdevdsp.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/gserrors.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/iapi.h
/usr/include/ghostscript/ierrors.h
/usr/lib64/libgs.so

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgs-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.